Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> While trying to understand dollar-quoting, I found the following in psql:
> select $a$ hello $a$;
> behaves as expected, but psql does not like
> select $a$ \ $a$;
> or
> select $a$ \\ $a$;
Define "does not like". The behavior seems correct to me.
> Should it? How should a dollar-quote handle:
> $a$ \$a\$a $a$
The value of that is " \$a\$a ". Backslashes are not special inside
dollar quotes --- nor is anything else, except the matching close tag.
regards, tom lane